ICYMI: President Joe Biden announced he’s ending his 2024 campaign and formally endorsed Vice President (and coconut-tree queen) Kamala Harris for the Democratic ticket yesterday.
Already, political leaders like Pete Buttigieg have stepped out to thank Biden and formally endorse Harris.
And Harris’ campaign is not wasting ANY time.
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The Biden campaign’s official account on Twitter X was quickly rebranded from “Biden-Harris HQ” to “Kamala HQ,” complete with a new bio — “Providing context,” in reference to one of her heavily meme-d speeches — and a lime green header image nodding to Charli XCX’s Brat album aesthetic.
Watch out, Donald Trump — Harris is coming for the Gen Z (and pop-loving gays’ vote) hard!
As it turns out, the stanning between the former California attorney general’s campaign and the “360” singer is mutual.
On Sunday, after Harris officially announced her intent to run for president, Charli XCX tweeted, “kamala IS brat.”
And eagle-eyed pop-music update accounts (like the omnipresent @PopCrave) quickly noticed that Harris followed Charli on social media after her seeming endorsement. Long live Brat summer!
Harris’ campaign is only just getting started, but the rollout has already been gay AF.
There’s already an overflowing amount of Pride-themed merch on Harris’ campaign website, including Kamala Pride, Trans Pride, and Bi Pride mugs featuring Madame Vice President in a series of multi-colored pantsuits.
Still, our personal fave is the Harris Pride Sticker, featuring Harris is a rainbow-colored blazer waving a Pride flag.
Furthermore, a handful of other LGBTQ+ artists and allies have voiced their support for Harris since her announcement.
Writing from the world of Oz, Ariana Grande — who will soon bring Glinda to life on the big screen in Wicked — reshared Biden’s post endorsing Kamala alongside a link encouraging her followers to register to vote.
Plus, Demi Lovato shared a link to donate to the Democratic party, writing, “Let’s do this!!”
While we’re still months away from the 2024 election, the announcement has certainly breathed new life into the Democratic party already.
After Trump’s war room account attempted to poke fun at Harris’ coconut tree quote on social media (“This account is living unburned by what has been,” they wrote), another user explained that Kamala’s campaign is taking her meme-status in stride.
And it should not be underestimated!
“Drop the usage of that phrase now,” they wrote in response. “They’re going to spin that into marketing for her campaign. They’ve been creating TikTok videos of her saying that over Charli XCX songs and Gen Z loves it.”
Momala indeed!
Beanie16
So now that President Biden dropped out like George Clooney and Rob Reiner and the rest of the A List celebs that called for him to step down where are their endorsements…..comments, better yet where are their checks? I mean come on these dudes used their celebrity status to help push Biden out so now it’s time to put your money where your mouth is…or go back to Italy and obscurity and STFU!
abfab
How enlightened of you.
Kangol2
Clooney etc are supporting Harris
Go Kamala